The pioneer museum was built in 1915 as a home and displays agricultural tool exhibits.
Admission: Free Admission
Hours: Sunday, 2:00 to 5:00 pm, April through October, and by appointment
Address: City Park, 14th Street
Phone: 785-565-6490
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Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Carnegie Library was built in 1904 with the help of a $10,000 grant from Andrew Carnegie. The building is located just to the west of the Courthouse and now houses the county attorney's office.
Manhattan, KS Carnegie LibrariesThe Hartford House that sets adjacent to the Historical Society Museum is a restoration of a prefabricated house that the early settlers brought to Manhattan in 1855
Manhattan, KSThe pioneer museum was built in 1915 as a home and displays agricultural tool exhibits.
Manhattan, KS MuseumsIn the heart of the Flint Hills, the 8,616-acre Konza Prairie is a rare opportunity to experience the Prairie as the pioneers did during their trek westward. Once a part of the Dewey Ranch, Chicago Industrialist C.P. Dewey acquired the prairie piece by piece during the last quarter of the 1800s. <
Manhattan, KS Nature PreservesThe 52-acre Sunset Zoo is home to 13 endangered species as well as many other rare animals. It features the largest outdoor chimpanzee exhibit in Kansas - Chimpanzees of Tanganyika - along the lush African Forest Trail. Visit the Bald eagle's Aerie, BATS!
Manhattan, KS ZoosHoused in a one-room schoolhouse built by Col. Ellet in the 1880s, the collection includes the written and pictorial history ...